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Extraction of Copper

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Is copper more reactive than iron? Give a chemical reaction in support of your answer.

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No, because iron is a more reactive metal as compared to copper because iron can replace copper from its solution .

$F e + C u S O_{4} \to F e S O_{4} + C u$

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